Director, Engineering

The Director, Engineering candidate will be a crucial CONMED leader for manufacturing engineering. This role will have high impact and high visibility! You'll be supported by a leadership team that promotes engagement through professional development, new challenges and growth opportunities over the course of your career. Come inspire us through your dedication, creativity, and exceptional performance - we'll do the same for you! If you are an engineering leader looking to make a difference at a growing medical technology company, apply now and join a team that is driving exceptional results!

Manufacturing Engineering Department Overview:

The Engineering Department is comprised of three separate functional areas: Machining, Capital & Instruments, Disposables, and Service & Repair. The Engineering Department reports into Operations but is highly collaborative with Advanced Engineering, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, R&D, and various Quality Departments. Fully onsite at our Largo, FL location.

General Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop a continuous improvement pipeline of initiatives to align with the business needs to drive efficiencies and cost improvements to the products on scope

• Manage and provide leadership for all sustaining manufacturing engineers, working first and second shifts in 24/7 operation

• Management of projects, timelines, and requirements to support manufacturing engineering and manufacturing

• Supports process transfers from engineering to manufacturing including processes and equipment training

• Provides and manages technical engineering and mechanical support for maintaining, repairing, troubleshooting, and modifying equipment

• Manages, creates and/or modifies equipment maintenance procedures, SOP’s, and requirements

• Support writing and reviewing operating procedures, documents, and reports

• Performs investigations for non-conformance product equipment events and ensures thorough and effective resolution

• Collaborates on equipment performance testing to support new product testing and equipment qualifications

• Provides QS validation input and support for new equipment validations

• Champion a culture of organizational safety with respect to behaviors, processes, and environment

• Reviews and approves calibration datasheets, work orders, and change controls

• Ensures and models compliance with established business policies and ensures all applicable safety, quality and regulatory regulations are followed by manufacturing personnel

• Ensures completion of all employee training required engineering and maintenance methods including cGMP guidelines, and SOP’s

• Drafts, reviews, revises, and executes SOPs, technical reports, nonconformance’s, investigations etc

• Analyzes data, results, and provides conclusions and performance metrics

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree Engineering

• 10 years experience in regulatory setting

• Up to 20% travel

Preferred Qualifications

• 10 years manufacturing medical device

• Green Belt, Black Belt and Lean knowledge preferable

• Proven ability to build, lead and develop a highly motivated and world-class team to achieve the goals of the company’s manufacturing initiatives

• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills

• Ability to effectively network and interface with all levels of the organization

• Experience with cGMP, manufacturing, and equipment support

• Working knowledge of safety regulations, federal regulations, and other regulations, e.g. QSR’s, ISO, ISO 13485, etc. in a manufacturing environment

• Experience with automated and semi-automated equipment and processes

• Demonstrated ability to communicate upward, outward and to large groups of direct labor

• Proven ability to follow detailed directions in a manufacturing and engineering cGMP environment

• Solid understanding of manufacturing systems, processes, and equipment (documentation, compliance, safety, change control, etc.)

Please note: This position is not eligible for employer based sponsorship.

Benefits:

CONMED offers a wide array of benefits to fit your unique needs. Visit our Benefits Page for more information.

• Competitive compensation
• Excellent healthcare including medical, dental, vision and prescription coverage
• Short & long term disability plus life insurance -- cost paid fully by CONMED
• Retirement Savings Plan (401K) -- CONMED matches your contributions dollar for dollar, with the potential for up to 7% per pay period
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan -- allows stock purchases at discounted price
• Tuition assistance for undergraduate and graduate level courses

Know someone at CONMED? Have them submit you as a referral before applying for this position to be eligible for our Employee Referral Program incentives!

CONMED is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of any legally protected status or characteristic. Protected veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. The Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal Poster reaffirms this commitment.

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